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Desert Culture Centre & Museum
Next to the Tourist Reception Centre is the Desert Culture Centre & Museum, which has interesting information on Rajasthani culture, as well as textiles and traditional instruments. There's a nightly one-hour puppet show at . Admission includes entry to the smaller Jaisalmer Folklore Museum.
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Government Museum
The small Government Museum has a limited but well-captioned collection of fossils, some which date back to the Jurassic era (160 to 180 million years ago!).
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Jain Temples
Within the fort walls is a mazelike, interconnecting complex of seven beautiful yellow sandstone Jain temples , dating from the 12th to 16th centuries. Opening times have a habit of changing, so check with the caretakers. The intricate carving rivals that in Ranakpur or Mt Abu, and has an extraordinary quality because of the soft, warm stone. Chandraprabhu is the first temple you come to, dedicated to the eighth tirthankar, whose symbol is the moon.
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Jaisalmer Folklore Museum
Admission to the Desert Culture Centre includes entry to the small Jaisalmer Folklore Museum, which has everything from camel ornaments to opium bottles. The hill nearby is a tremendous place to soak up the sunset.
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Jaisalmer Fort
Jaisalmer Fort is a living fort - about 25% of the old city's population resides within its walls. As well as a palace and various temples, its carless streets are packed with houses, handicraft shops and beauty parlours, and honeycombed with narrow, winding lanes paved in stone.
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Maharaja's Palace
The fort is entered through a forbidding series of massive gates leading to a large courtyard, fronted by the elegant seven-storey Maharaja's Palace. The square was formerly used to review troops, hear petitions and present extravagant entertainment for travelling dignitaries. Part of the palace is open to the public - floor upon floor of fascinating rooms that peep creepily on the outside world.
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Patwa-ki-Haveli
Most magnificent of all the havelis, its stonework like honey-coloured craggy lace, Patwa-ki-Haveli towers over a narrow lane. It was built between 1800 and 1860 by five Jain brothers who were brocade and jewellery merchants. It's most impressive from the outside, but the fort view from the roof is superb, and the interior richly evokes 19th-century life.
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Salim Singh-ki-Haveli
This 300-year-old private haveli (home) has a distinctive shape: the top storey spreads out into a mass of carving, with graceful arched balconies surmounted by pale blue cupolas. The roof has superb carved brackets. The stone elephants before the haveli are a traditional sign of welcome.
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